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Super Thumb Fighters promotional video

Posted — March 22, 2010 at 6:37 p.m. PDT

Whoever thought that this would be a good idea for a Super Street Fighter 4 pre-order item should be dragged out in the street and shot.

Comments

CpE_Wahoo said on March 22, 2010 at 6:41 p.m.

I'm going out right now to reserve another copy so me and my friends can have a set of these!

/sarcasm

Foxx said on March 22, 2010 at 6:43 p.m.

This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

Catalyst said on March 22, 2010 at 6:45 p.m.

These are very good... for me to poop on.

JJOR64 said on March 22, 2010 at 6:47 p.m.

/facepalm

Paine said on March 22, 2010 at 6:50 p.m.

The gayest pre-order commercial of all time. This is so gay.

Monicker said on March 22, 2010 at 6:51 p.m.

Holy.
Moly.

Adam_Zapple said on March 22, 2010 at 6:56 p.m.

The only thing lamer than the concept of these was that commercial.

MrTanooki said on March 22, 2010 at 6:59 p.m.

Wait, this is real?

I was laughing and thinking how awesome this was as a sort of fanmade commercial, but now that I found out this is real I may actually begin to cry.

blzd said on March 22, 2010 at 7:07 p.m.

is this 4 real or is it fan made

BlazinBlizzard said on March 22, 2010 at 7:17 p.m.

can't wait.now when i cant play street fighter when i' at home....I CAN PLAY IT ON A STONE RAILING IN A PARK!!!!

#10

SSJ3X said on March 22, 2010 at 7:21 p.m.

This is for real, you do get these in one of the special editions I think in Europe. But I just love how they did it, its so retro, like the capcom Street Fighter toys they did back in the day.

#11

tommyjesus said on March 22, 2010 at 7:21 p.m.

capcom is literally retarded. you have to be stupider than stupid to have thought this was a good idea.

#12

brokenTEstick said on March 22, 2010 at 7:22 p.m.

they werent serious with this commercial right?

#13

Pein said on March 22, 2010 at 7:23 p.m.

ryu is overpowered. they need to nerf him.
/lol

#14

Burn said on March 22, 2010 at 7:25 p.m.

The person who thought this would be a good idea needs to be stabbed many times in the neck/throat area. This commercial seems like one of those commercials we look back in in ten years and laugh at... Well, I'm weeping silently into my sleeve right now.. are you happy Capcom? ARE YOU HAPPY?! YURRAAAHGHGHGHGH!!
*explodes*

Seriously though, this makes me NOT want to buy it from gamestop. Thank god for amazon!

#15

archer said on March 22, 2010 at 7:29 p.m.

It's because of things like this that I've lost the ability to detect irony and sarcasm.

#16

shannaro1992 said on March 22, 2010 at 7:35 p.m.

OMG... this is actually a real promotion???

#17

THawk said on March 22, 2010 at 7:36 p.m.

lol @ 16

#18

NobleEskimo said on March 22, 2010 at 7:41 p.m.

hahaha this is actually making me want them a little :-D

#19

Raius1 said on March 22, 2010 at 8:09 p.m.

This is why my friends make fun of me for playing fighting games.

#20

chickenwings said on March 22, 2010 at 8:33 p.m.

ARE U KIDING ME. Someone with corperate power actually AGREED TO THIS. WHen people in the world are that stupid we cant have that much longer on this planet.

#21

TSmoov49 said on March 22, 2010 at 8:35 p.m.

Is this......real?

#22

IanMcTetly said on March 22, 2010 at 8:37 p.m.

Your english teacher should be dragged outside and shot.

#23

yes4me said on March 22, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.

That has to be fake... tell me... is it fake or a new way to injure your fingers?

#24

Triforce said on March 22, 2010 at 8:52 p.m.

It's too bad this is a Gamestop preorder, they're a close walk for me and I'm dieing to preorder this...

....but I'm just gonna end up throwing these away...so I'd rather not..

#25

Catalyst said on March 22, 2010 at 9:05 p.m.

This is for real. It's what you get from pre-ordering the title from Gamestop.

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bon...

#26

MajenX said on March 22, 2010 at 9:09 p.m.

Lets see S-Kill explain his way out of this one -_-

#27

Nelaelu said on March 22, 2010 at 9:12 p.m.

Please don't make street fighter look like something for 8 year-olds... PLEASE!!!!

#28

Dark_Fantom said on March 22, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.

O.....M...g... This can't possibly be for real, it's a joke right?

#29

SaitoKojima said on March 22, 2010 at 9:37 p.m.

Sad thing is, I'd rather watch the Street Fighter USA cartoon from beginning to end, no washroom breaks or nothing, than ever see that commercial again.

#30

joker101 said on March 22, 2010 at 9:44 p.m.

I don't ... understand.

I'm gonna go with: "... brilliant."

#31

DeeJay said on March 22, 2010 at 9:50 p.m.

Well, now I know I won't preorder the game.

Thumb Warmers? Are you kidding me?

#32

Put_Elena_in_SF said on March 22, 2010 at 10:01 p.m.

This is the best promotional video for any game. Ever.

#33

Suppi said on March 22, 2010 at 10:17 p.m.

well look at the brightside, atleast now the pad warriors have something to put on their thumbs to keep from getting blisters (aka battle scars)

#34

akumous said on March 22, 2010 at 10:24 p.m.

I honestly thought this was fan made..I had really thought so...wow

#35

DanceInTheDark said on March 22, 2010 at 10:33 p.m.

So pathetic, why can't we just have a 6" Juri figure! That would be an amazing pre-order worth getting, I probably won't even take these from the store when they give them to me, that or i'll toss them in the first trash can I see

#36

Zegram said on March 22, 2010 at 10:35 p.m.

Super thumb fighter tierlist anyone!?

#37

Sakura said on March 22, 2010 at 11:16 p.m.

based on my observations:

GOD TIER: Ryu, Zangief

High TIER: Chun Li, Blanka

Mid TIER: Blanka, Juri

Low TIER: Ken, Deejay

THUMB FIGHTERS = SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!

#38

RA_MO said on March 22, 2010 at 11:32 p.m.

For all of you who are upset about this...
You are aware that you do not have to accept this item on pickup right? Lol

Or give them to poor children who do not have a PS3 or a 360 of their own to enjoy. It may not be the real thing, but its a start..... right? ^_^;

#39

CharlieNash said on March 22, 2010 at 11:33 p.m.

this has to be a joke

#40

Sairus said on March 23, 2010 at 1:47 a.m.

Dear God. I thought this was a fan made trailer ripping on the blatent ridiculousness of those pre-order items... but I was so very wrong. =(

#41

WorstGiefEVER said on March 23, 2010 at 2 a.m.

This is two thousand and ten, why do we still have to put with ridiculous stuff like this!

#42

Bubbles said on March 23, 2010 at 2:01 a.m.

That is the s***iest pre-reserve item in the history of pre-reserve items.

#43

WakaMaka said on March 23, 2010 at 2:23 a.m.

At least we won't have to worry about our thumbs getting numb from playing too long on the controllers anymore...? *sighs*

#44

SilentSoul said on March 23, 2010 at 2:27 a.m.

I'm just thinking.... "WHY?! would you give these thumb warmers as a pre-order item". A poster with all the characters on it would be something nice to have as a pre-order item.

#45

MAXIMUM_PANTS said on March 23, 2010 at 2:40 a.m.

Is..... is this an ACTUAL promotional video?

Not a parody making fun of it?

Like... is this video intended to make us buy the thumb things?

#46

CartooN said on March 23, 2010 at 3:22 a.m.

I wouldnt mind the crappy freebie, but did they really have to publicly demoralise the game as well?

Non-players of the game are gona look at this, lol at us and then go back to bragging about CoD ¬_¬.

#47

machineking1313 said on March 23, 2010 at 3:25 a.m.

I was slightly impressed by the piledriver that Zangief did.

But seriously, this is the worst pre-order item ever, even worse than the 5x4 inch picture of the box art for Resident Evil 5...

#48

SaintFlare said on March 23, 2010 at 7:05 a.m.

So..I preordered SSF4..For this?

#49

TimbocClock said on March 23, 2010 at 7:23 a.m.

this was jokes haha

#50

Pusha_T said on March 23, 2010 at 7:58 a.m.

Honestly capcom must think that the majority of the SF demographic is like 7 years old or something cos this is just STUPID.

#51

PhinnyCupcakes said on March 23, 2010 at 8:54 a.m.

Its like I'm 6 and in the 1980s... this is the sh*t they press on us...

#52

ScytheWP said on March 23, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.

A man's thumb threw a hadouken...

@ 8

lol

@ 52

i agree, that piledriver wasn't too bad

#53

riku45 said on March 23, 2010 at 10:18 a.m.

man this would not be so cheese back in the 90's :P

#54

bananainsaneface said on March 23, 2010 at 12:25 p.m.

I actually was going to preorder this from Gamestop since thats where I usually go, but because of this stupidity I'm getting it somewhere else. Pissed off that Europe and Japan get t-shirts and we get this crap. Does Capcom hate America?

#55

Soljah said on March 23, 2010 at 12:54 p.m.

dumbest darn pre-order bonus in the history of gaming.

#56

SofakingREAL said on March 23, 2010 at 1:32 p.m.

LOLLLL !
pretty lame.. but would be cool to have..? hahahah hrM

#57

Adjacent said on March 23, 2010 at 3:21 p.m.

Comic genius.

#58

kondee said on March 23, 2010 at 6:55 p.m.

This is pretty hilarious.